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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1925)
University Library Eugene, Oregon Mb 7 Published Daily at . KLAMATH FALLS . ' "An Empire Awakening" liUY AT HUME J LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number 1)527 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS IS E TY Citizens Generally Will be Put on Record in Rail i Controversy WILL HOLD HEARINGS Public Indorsement of Hill Line Project Will be Urged on People Determined to offer every possible encouragement to the Hill lines in their plans to enter Klamath county, a movement got under way here today for staging pub-1 J lie meetings in every section of the county during the next few weeks. Public sentiment, it was aid, will play, an important part in hearings to be held before the interstate com merce commission and Klamath county will be ask' ed to express itself in no uncertain terms. Hill line engineers 'are working at top speed to complete their final location surveys as quickly as poi nt bio. Four separate parties uru Dow In tint fluid, and I lie surveys will bo completed ul the cnrllciil possible uiamouL. To Fl I! mtf At noun o I ho llti between Hunt) olid Klnmutli Full Is d.-fliiltoly fixed, lbs route lll be filed with Iho in itirsi 11 lo commerce comml- Minn, Wliti. wlitpti eulttin hearlnc SI TINGS WILL BE STAGED 6 CO or north. 11111 Hues iln.ll bo given' "l""' the right lo build between llcnd A grnduuto In engineering from nd Klnmsth, or whether ihey will " Whitman college, lie secured n be granted ommon-ucr .right over j Position with iho btalu highway do llio Soulhorn Pacific lino from Odull Pnrlmcnt of Washington, and thai Klamath coumy residents whs i capacity wn grounded In funda havo grown weary uf Iho B.iiihern j mi-nlnl" of practical highway con Paclflc domination, an well as tbo I "trut-tlon. empty pro in I hid tif .Mr, Htrnhorn.! Later Mr. Howard was hired as tho promoter, are now marshalling I assistant engineer for thu city of their forces proiiarntory to an In- j Walla Walla. In this work ho wan lonslvo campaign thai will bo car- In chnrgo of many paving und gon- rli'd to every part of tho county In j oral street Improvement projects of tho Intercut of more railroad do-' that city. For throe yours Mr. How- volopmcnt for Klamath count-. j ard held tho poiiitlon and then ... ., ! moved to Klamath Falls. To Fix Meetings , , , . . , ' Former Assistant Engineer Tho first of these scheduled meet- . A. niIHBllint ,.nglnoor of Klnm- Ings will bo hold probably within , y.-Mx ml(1,,r (.. Kngliiucr Don tho next two wouks, and tho moot-1 j, zuinwiilt, he worked hero for one lugs will bo continued until every , year nnd a half. However, during section of tho county has boon cov-; crd. ' All civic, public and nonil-piibll-cation organizations will he asked to'ndopt r .'solutions favorable to tho entry of tho Hill lines und t.i up point accredited representatives to appear before l'io Interstate com merce commission examiners when the hearings are scheduled. It U believed that some of 111 i hearings Kill bo held right hero .In Kin mat ll Fulls, Inasmuch as It U hero that tho projectod rail haltlo Is centorud, Definite announcements of thi schedules of meetings will tippear In Tho Evening Herald at an early (Into, DF.LIVKU TltOl'T Htout nnd Itanisdell HcihIIiik Out First Shipment of l-'l-ll Stout nnd Itnmsdoll were deliver ing tholr first shipment of uuHturn brook trout from their hatcheries near- Chlloiiuln In Klamath Fulls yesterday, , THEY SAY HE'S CRAZY, BUT MAN WHO WOULD KISS PRETTY GIRLS ISN'T VERY jFOOLISH AFTER ALL! NEW VOniC, Muy 21. llonry Cluy Morfal, Brooklyn's mini of myslorluus Impulse who gives Jow els awny and admits ho never sees a pretty girl', without Wanting U kiss hot', la again In u hospital for mental observation, 'Some , wooks ago tho daughter nnd nlScu of Judge Iloiihen Haskell 'of llrooklyn, received two .mysterious ,1 100 bracelets by mes senger. Dotnctlves trailed thorn to Moffut, who at first denied und then. admitted Blylng them, 1I never Frank Howard Is Slated for Important Job i . Local Engineer to Be Appointed County . Road Engineer All unofficial Hgrcomciit of tho county court has been Touched when by Frank X. Howard, well- known civil engineer uf this Illy, will reclvo the ofricliil appointment as county roud engineer for Kliim itth. County Judgu It. II. Ilunnell announced yesterday ufteruoon. Mr, Howard's appointment to this Important job depends upon Ills In dorsement by (', T. parley, county surveyor. The Indorsement will be In III" form of an appointment of Howurd lo Hie pus It Ion of deputy county surveyor. That Mr. Howard Is favored by the county surveyor for tho posl- wi II known. It Is under stood Hint Mr. Parley will appoint Mr. Howard as his deputy this week. New Pce.ll Inn The position of county road en gineer was created by thu state leg islature last year. In tho hand or the respective county courts of Oregon Iho legislature pieced the power of appointing tho county en gineer, whose Job It was to bo In rhurgu of all county road count ruc tion nnd inurkul road projects. The law stipulated that tho county engineer should submit all plans fur market road and county road construction to the slate high way department for endorsement before going ahead with any proj ect. In this way a close link be tween the state und county road departments will b ' gunra 1 systeinii Hon tl . .limit 'j ..that will l construc ts a. RiMc hit Mr. Howard, who IK a registered civil engineer, lias lor mnny years been Identified with road conslruc- work both , lu . Oregon rtnJ that tlmo ho returned to Wulln Walla to handle some engineering work In his former homo town. When (.'lly Knglneer Zuinwalt wns succeeded by Eugene Henry, Mr, Howard retired from city ongl neerlng activity and accepted a po. sltlon In the county surveyor's of fice. Mr. Howard's wide experlenco In engineering work and fluttering rocoiumendntlons of his ublllly by well-known civil engineers of the county, led tho county court to consider him favorably for Iho posi tion. Sl lt llU'I KI'MOK An uiicoiifli'ineil rumor was re ceived liy bet li the slieilff's anil coroner's office tills afternoon tlmt ll wonmn supposed to the n Mrs. Wheeler hint JimiH'l tiff (lie Link river bridge. The report could not be confirmed by either official. Authorities were cent Inning their investigation lute, tills afternoon. All hough they believe' the report was unfounded. satisfactorily explained his motives nnd later wn another chnrgo was sent to a hospital for observation, lie was released us sane, however. Yesterday ho kivsed a 1 9-yoai-nld girl bank clerk at llrooklyn's busiest corner. When arrested he said "I'm allraetod to young girls Uko a need le to a magnet. She was such a nice girl I didn't think Mho would mind." ' ' , One of Iho' girl's companions snl.l Moffat had kissed two other girls before Iiq was nrrostod,, u , , T IS Efforts to Lynch Negro Sus pects Bring Tragedy Early Today MACHINE GUNS USED Sheriff and Guards Fight Back Infuriated Men Feeling is High DALLAS, Tex., May 21. Five men were wounded, one seriously, in an ex change of shots between of ficers guarding" the Wallas county jail and mob of about 300, prisoners shortly after one o'clock this morn-inp- The mob, bent on taking Frank and Lorenzo Noel, negro brothers, indicted yes terday in connection with two murder and assault cases, was driven back after about 30 shots had been fir ed. All of the injured were civilians. The only officer wounded was Sheriff Schuyler Mar shall, who was struck by a brick. Ihvlght Stewart was the most seriously , wounded, he was shot In tho side and Ills recovery is doubt ful. Thu others were but slightly wounded. About 1U0 mcu nnd a woman were arrested and placed in the Jnll. No charges wore filed against tle'in. Following the uttuck. the crowd around tho Jull which began congre gating early In tho ulght and at one time was estimated at 5. 000, grad ually dlsporsed, although sovernl hundred maintained an all night vigil. - The rush which resulted In the shooting started when tt hand of men, armed with rocks and bottles, attacked the linn of policemen and firemen who were guarding the west aide of the Jnll building. Many mis sies were directed at tho firemen who attempted to beat the mob back with slrenms of water. Their effort were unavailing uud tho mob broke through tho line. At this point tir ing began nnd police standing by opened fire, ' discharging nbout 30 shots, most of them Into tho nlr. , Tho mob Immediately fell back, and tho attack subsided. t'onfctedoiis Mude Armed with machine guns, shot guns, sldo arms, bombs nnd tiro hose, about 7 fi officers maintained guard over tho eight story jull. Tho negroes wero arrested last Friday and indicted yesterday after one of them was said to hnvo con fessed to the killing of Hynn Adklns and tho assault of his womnn com panion on a lonely rontt north of the city on the night of April 12. Franli Noel was also Indicted for the thurdur of W. I.. Mllstend nnd assault on his woman companion on the night of April 25. Tho crimes aroused considerable public indig nation und feeling has been nrbning high since the negroes were arrest ed. One of the women ussnultod Identified Frank Noel s her aJ- lacker. Ambrose Delves Into Fire Cause A smnll boy, eight yenrs of age, and member of n , well-known family, Is hold lo have started the fire In li ham on' Tenth nnd Grunt street which was prnellcally do onts of Iho 'child this afternoon ... Fire Chief Keith K, Ambrose," was to have Interviewed the pnr onts of iho child tths nfturnoon with tho view of restraining tho child from .further pranks ot sort. According to Investigation Chief Ambrose and bis firemen fire was deliberately set the by the by matches. : Tho barn, Vhlch was In the rem' of the homo of Frank I.. Mars, was owned by Hnl II. 'Oglo, It was not covered by Insurance. Loss will npproxlmnto f30Q !' . 1,1 0 NTEXAS WHEN L RUSHED Cloudburst at Lexington Does $40,000 Damage Black Horse Canyon Is Swept by Torrent of Water I'KNDI.KTON, May 21. Damage estimated at MO. 000 was done at Lexington, Morrow county, yester day afternoon between 2 and 3 o'clock when a torrent of water tor-j down Uuk Horse canyon after a cloudburst and Inundated the busi ness and residential section of the town. N.) loss of life was report ed and personal injuries suffered are said to hnvo been slight. Tho water that raced down the canyon and through the town rang ed In depth from four to six feet, and Its force wa? sufficient to life buildings from their foundations and move them considerable dis tances. Tio office building of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company was carried sixty feet on the crest of the flood waters und set diiwa .next to a bank building. The heaviest Individual Ijss is .'aid to have been suffered by the W. F. Darnell General '.Mercantile store. Damago done to the building and stock by mud and water was placed at SI 5,000. Tho A. I.. Ucach store's damage was placed at 32,0l't; T harness' shop. the. post office building and other small buildings wero moved frjnn t'Jelr foundations nnd damaged. -i Power Company Claim Scouted i "It is highly unprofessional for an attorney to try his caBcs in the newspapers" was tho only comment J. H. Carnaban would make today when his attention was called to cer Mia sUiUtno'uts inCiff by D. V. Kuy-, kendull boaring on tho suit filed yesterday against the California Oregon Power company, whom Kuy- kendnll purports to represent. Mr. Cnrnahan is attorney for the Fort Klnmutli Meadows company which is seeking to recover from iho Pow er company half a million dollars I for damago done by reason of tho manipulation of Iho gales in the Link river dnm, through which tho wilier of Klamath lake was raised and lowered to tho Injury of the Land company. In an effort to cover up tho Pow or company, its local attorney seeks to ninke It appear that every effort wos made to protect tho lands of tho plaintiff and undertakes to point out thai the dntuages asked for aro unreasonable because the Innd was originally purchased at $15 an aero, while tho amount ask ed for in tho suit would amount to $50 an acre.. Sincu thu. Meadows company became owners of tho prop erty ll has udded hundreds of tbouS' nnds of dollars in dikes, drainage und Irrigation canals nnd other im provements. He also claims that Iho company hns settled with all other lnnd owners, while it is un dcrstood in certain circles that ad dltioual suits will follow that of tho Meadows, which if lost by tho power company would practically bank rupt It. Tho active attorneys for the Cali fornia Oregon Power company aro Morrison, Dunne & Drobeck ot San Francisco nnd Kvun 'Ueames of Modford. IX KLAMATH FALLS It. A. Field and W. J, Held of Field and Moon Lumber company are visiting ln Klamath Falls for several days. They operate between hero and Ashland. HXAPP WINS A sheriff's Jury ot six local cltlnens (k-clded this morning? that Donald Stickney of Salem 4 had no claim against (he dining car of tho Snnpp Bros, which has been held here ponding dls- posnl of a claim ngnlnst the car on n Judgment held by young Sllcknoy ngnlnst Wllllnin It. Snnpp. TJhc Issue. of Iho trial was whether or not William Snnpp owned any Interest In Snnpp llros. carnival. Tho Jury do- cided not. The Jury wns com- posed of O. D. Ilui'ke, foreman, Lloyd Hynn. (', L. Hollldny, D. M. Smith, Hey Anderson, and William Hobs. f Vt SEEKS DEATH SO Bion FREE TO MARRY Los Angeles Woman Takes Tragic Way in Effort to Solve Triangle STRANGE CASES TOLD Peculiar Accidents Reported Ice Crushed One, Beef Another LOS ANGELES, May 20. A strange mixture of suicides ond pe culiar accidents crowded police blot ters in this section during the past 24 hours, a period which also was reinurkuble for most unusual, dark overhunging clouds and rain. Mrs. Jean Cahill. 23-year-old wife of William Cahill, electrical engineer, was taken to the receiv ing hospital early today with what police surgeons said was a self inflicted bullet wound in her breast. Sho told officers sbc had shot herself so that her husband might be free to go to another woman. Surgeons suy she cannot live. Takes "Kalnt Way" Chester M. Cate, member of prominent Massachusetts family, head librarian of the nationally famous Huntington library at San Marino, near here, was found shot dead in his auto on a lonely road in tho suburbs. Officers say all evidence pointed lo ,uiclde. Cate was scheduled lo appear in court today on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Edgar Collier, tourist from Michi gan, G8 years old, died of heart failure at the wheel ot his auto on a crowded street here today .The machine continued down grade, dis organized traffic,' broke a woman pedestrian's leg and wrecked Itself against the side of a building. . . Shot in Knee Itussell Smart, taking the only time arullable to move from one home to another, started to do so in the early morning hours. A po liceman patrolling a beat with n friend, saw Smart carrying parcels and grips In the dark from a Iiouso to a waiting auto. Tho officer ar rested Smart and left him in charge of his friend while he went to call Iho palrol wagon. When he re turned he found Smart on the ground with a bullet smashed knee.' The friend said that Smart had attacked hira and that ho had fired In self defense. Surgeons said that Smart would be crippled for life. W. J. Drown of Culver City, a suburb, was served with divorce papers by his wife a few days ago. Neighbors found bis body on the floor of his homo last night, the room filled with gas truni an open Jet. Crushed by Ice Edward Walker. 22, tried to hoist a 100-pound block of ice into a refrigerator. It fell on his head and he died In tho receiving hos pitul. Walter Cowles. veteran cow- puncher, slipped as ho hoisted a 200 pound side of beef from a hook in his meat market. It dropped on him and ho Is belioved by receiving hospital surgeons to be faftilly in jured. Joo liujnn. motion picture di rector, was hit by an auto. Another car was rushing. Iiiiu to a Glendnlu hospital and crashed into a third machine, throwing tho already In jured Itujnn out on the pavement. Unjnll now hits n skull fracture, concussion of tho bruin and numer ous cuts, nnd bruises. He is in , a critical condition. EL RODEO GIVEN STUDENTS TODAY "Hlggur and better" than ever Is the verdict reached by many over the 1(125 publication of. EJ Rodeo, annual year-book of Klnmnth county high school. The bonk, the product of many hours of concentration, Inbor nnd conscientious effort was delivered today nmong students, friends nnd advertisers who are boosting the high school. The annual stuff is more than to. bo compllmouted ' according to tho business men around Klnmnth Falls. Kenton Humaker served ns edltor-lu-chlet.ot Kl Hoduo nnd assisting 111 in we i-e 13 other students and Miss Van Hevunler, faculty ndvisor. Two Patrolmen Let Out; Force Given Shake-up I J. E. Cooper Fired Out right; Jack Argraves Asked to Resign Kluniulli Falls' police force un derwent n severe sliuke-up yesterday afternoon und last ulglit nt the bunds of Muyor Fn-fl It. (todilnnl uuil Chief nt Folio- Hurry M. LonckH, und when the smoke Iiud clenred Clly I'litrolmen S. K. Cooper und ' Jack Argraves were minus their Job. Cooper was fired last night by Mayor Goddard and Chief Loucks on the charge that he had been as sociating with women of ill repute. ArKuvr Incompetent Argraves was.let oul, because of alleged Incompetence In the con duct of liis:duty. .. ' Owing to illness of Chief Loucks, Mayor Goddard took a prominent part in the shake-up of the depart ment. Yesterday afternoon be called Argraves to his office and asked for his resignation. Argraves wanted to know why, and the mayor told him it. was be cause he was inefficient In bis duties. Whereupon Argraves threw his star and cap down at the mayor's request and marched of the office. . Argraves to l'rotiit ArirnirpR rioclnrpfl tnrtav It wan reported, that he would appear be-.'Everything is hedged around :j tore tho city council next Monday j by a arefully built fence of night and protest against the "Jf g " . ' , ' Ic formerly on night!; If the Southern Pacific, shift-, but recently was shifted to Cooperation With the man the day shift, because. Mayor God- i whom the people 'of Klam- dard said, he did not cooperate ficiently with fleer. As day "" " show sufficient ability as an officer, to lie farther .retained on force, the mayor pointed out. the V Cooper Fired Ileoorts of alleged underworld associates ot Patrolman Cooper led j , will Lose- Out ; ' the mayor to watch the night pa-' Assuming that the S3utiiern Pa- -trolman carefully in an attempt to;cific carrles out its promise to build : ." ascertain whether or not the re-the q.; CI & E. to Lakevlew and ports were based on fact. ' ' connects ud wltli the N C. O.. it will . Last night the mayor saw Cooper In company with a notorious worn - an of the underworld, and on that ground called Chief Loucks for a jest part of Klamajh county,' It will conference. Shortly afterward Coop-also mean that Poe ' Valley, , Hon- . v er was fired. ' . 'lanza and Langell Vally will be left , "Personally. I have " nothing j without direct -railroad ' facilities, . against Cooper," the mayor said. ; fr there is little prospect that the ' "He was a good officer and worked s. P. Yvould consent to build the nuru. uui me met ot me mailer is, he was a little indiscreet in his associates and for the best interest of the force, I felt that he should leave." lteconst ruction Ih-ogresscs Today work of reconstruction the police force is in progress. One! man, Harold Collins, formerly of( Kfuitttfv hiu hpon hlrtut in tnki, Ar.i grave's place. Former experienced as motorcycle policeman on the attle police force, led Chief Loucks'' to hire him temporarily. If he proves competent he will be hired ' permanently. Successor to Cooper has not yet been selected. EXTRA! SIXTH-STREET FRANCHISE WINS ONE MORE VOTE; PEOPLE STRONGLY AGAINST STRAHORN For Striilierii Franchise.. Against Friiiicliise . 4 .21!) Another vote favoring an exclu sive Sixth-street franchise for the Struhurn railroad straggled into the Herald office today, making a total of four votes registered for him since the Evening Herald's popular ballot was started this week... Hut while this lonesome ballot was being can. 93 othera were be ing marked against Strahorn and his franchise appeal. STRAHORN RAILROAD BALLOT Shall the Strahorn line be granted an exclusive franchise to cross Sixth street, or shall the common-user clause be inserted? . What Do Yo-a Think? For an Exclusive Franchise.......... Mark ( ' ) Against Exclusive Franchise ........Mark ( ) Mark your ballot. Then mail or bring it to the Herald office. E TO FOOL PEOPLE Strahorn 'Sale' to Southern Pacific Means Less ; Construction' MOVE IS ANALYZED 1 Modoc Northern Not to be Built Merrill and Malin to Suffer . After the people of the city recovered from the shock they received upon learning that Robert E. Strahorn had sold out to the Southern Pacific the road their money hed helped to build, they began to look around to see what they had received in return. Careful sifting of the flow of words poured ' forth Jby Mr. - Stra horn, and a dose examina tion ot tne statement made by Mr. Sproule, president ' ML outoi me ouuuicrn racuic, re ivealed the fact that they amounted to nothing. . It is ' i i j r i UlU gallic VI wuuw. suf-iat, county ' supposed was to - -'-'deliver them from the rail" , ' road domination V of that company,, -can ancceed-in- ipTeveiMfrtj ' l-lle AntrHnp'f! nf the Hill lines "into t),e gume posUloh twenty years; .ho. , in indav : mean that the Modoc Northern-will 1 never be built. That will sliut out i the Merrill-Malln territory, the rich- i branch to Bonanza. 1 It would also mean : that Fort Klamath and the northern part of Klamath county would bo denied tuo benefits ot competitive railroad ac I commodatlons and still remain, as of it is today, at the mercy of tho ooumern racuic. in u wurus- iu-3 Southern Paclflc-Strahorn, program would leave the very heat part ot Klamalh count'v Ju8t, a 11 18 toda5r' without . railroad facilities. .; , Cooperation Needed . To gain the golden prize that Is.;, awaiting, the county for the asking, .;, It will be necessary for the people , (Continued On J'age Five) Announcement that the Southern Taclfle had come out In the open In announcing Its control of the . Straliarn road apparently caused the . , heaviest voting of the week, the .. people feeling much the sumo about' ' Southern Pacific domination as the,'. do about Struhorn promises. .1 :.'.! The ballot appears again tcday. Jf .; you haven t already rogistercu your opinion on the franchise quit!t)it.'ts? lear eft thin ballot today, murk It and get it to tne Heraia . niuce. The ballots wilt close this week.. I i
